Elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein with normal ultrasound: is amniocentesis always appropriate? A review of 26,069 screened patients.

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Published in Obstet Gynecol on February 01, 1988

Authors

D S Richards1, J W Seeds, V L Katz, L H Lingley, S G Albright, R C Cefalo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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